New Balance Athletic Shoes (UK) Ltd
Helping to transform internal operating procedures for athletic shoe manufacturer New Balance was only part of the story. MAS North West, delivered by The Manufacturing Institute, worked with the company to change the rule book for the retail shoe sector and in a remarkable pilot scheme reduced the firm’s in season order lead-time from 150 days to seven and cut the need to discount unwanted stock to a negligible amount.
Cleaner Greener Production Programme
Investigating the synergy between Lean Enterprise and Clean & Green Production
South East Lean Forum
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The Manufacturing Institute Case Studies
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Case Studies and Best Practices
Many organizations have found that implementing lean concepts and tools results in improvements in environmental performance, even when lean activities were not initiated for environmental reasons. Since environmental savings are often not part of the "business case" for lean improvement activities, however, organizations implementing lean do not necessarily quantify the environmental performance gains associated with their lean initiatives.
For example, the Boeing Company
- Boeing Everett
- Realized resource productivity improvements of 30-70 percent from lean initiatives
- Eliminated the use of 350 cubic feet of cardboard and bubble wrap packing material per 747 wing panel set
- Reduced chemical usage per airplane by 11.6 percent
Lean Advancement Initiative
Lean Enterprise Change Case Study - Rockwell Collins
Lean Healthcare Case Studies - Healthcare Performance Partners
Case studies include:
Operating Room Turnover Efficiency Improves 46%
Med/Surg Shift Change Process Initially Decreased 36%
Nursing Work Station Team eliminates overstocking
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